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Entrepreneurial Opportunities Innovation & Successful Partnerships September 2, 2010 Walter Ulrich President and CEO, Houston Technology Center Chair, Gulf Coast Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization. Agenda. The State of Technology Entrepreneurship in the region - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Innovation & Successful PartnershipsSeptember 2, 2010
Walter UlrichPresident and CEO, Houston Technology CenterChair, Gulf Coast Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization
Agenda•The State of Technology Entrepreneurship in the region•The importance of Entrepreneurship•How you can help and participate•The FutureTechnology Innovation Commercial Success
Driving Competitiveness and Our Economy
The State of Technology Entrepreneurship
Business Incubator & Accelerator
HTC: Working side-by-side and HTC: Working side-by-side and day-in-and-day-out with clientsday-in-and-day-out with clients
Identifying GapsSolving ProblemsCreating VisibilityMaking IntroductionsAssisting fundingHTC helps early stage technology companies fill gaps, solve problems and raise capital to survive and ultimately thrive!
Six Thriving HTC Companies Graduated Last October
Nine Regional Companies got ETF Commitments
Entrepreneur Scorecard•Current companies in Client Acceleration Program (Aug 2010): 64
•Total HTC Client Companies (1999-2009): 244
•Total HTC Graduate Companies: 60
•Capital Raised by HTC Client Companies (1999-2009): More than $750 million Sources: high net worth individuals, venture capitalists, government grants
•Jobs created in Houston by active Clients and Graduates: 4,000+
•Estimated annual economic impact of Clients and Graduates in the 8-county region: ~$400M
AC and JK Allen
Houston’s Founders
William Marsh Rice
Hugh Roy Cullen
Glenn McCarthy Monroe D. Anderson
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